Added update_attributes! which uses save! to raise an exception if a validation error prevents saving (closes #6192) [jonathan]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@5256 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index 5d7c30caf9..1cdebd93d9 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -1576,6 +1576,12 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
         self.attributes = attributes
         save
       end
+      
+      # Updates an object just like Base.update_attributes but calls save! instead of save so an exception is raised if the record is invalid.
+      def update_attributes!(attributes)
+        self.attributes = attributes
+        save!
+      end
 
       # Initializes the +attribute+ to zero if nil and adds one. Only makes sense for number-based attributes. Returns self.
       def increment(attribute)